Earlier in this series, I accused the NBA franchise currently residing in the nation’s capital of having an identity crisis. That organization has played in three different cities under six different names.
There’s a team in Northern California that would like to throw its hat into that ring.
Over its 62-year history, the franchise currently (who knows for how long?) known as the Sacramento Kings has been associated with five different cities and undergone one name change.
For a franchise that’s made 29 playoff appearances, played in eight conference finals, won a championship, and had 10 Hall of Famers suit up in at least 200 games (good luck finding a color photo of most of them), the Kings have endured a staggering amount of misfortune, mismanagement, mediocrity, or downright putridity.
The franchise began in 1948 as the Rochester Royals. After one year in the Basketball Association of America, in which they posted a league-best 45 wins (in a 60-game season) and reached the conference finals, they joined the NBA. There they reached the playoffs each of the next six seasons, with a .600-plus winning percentag ...
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